Jul 18, 2022, 11:37 am
Last edit by: lkrt
On ARN flights, a cold sandwich with beverages is served. On all other SH flights, the service includes "a hot main meal, something sweet and beverages".
Beverages include sparkling wine (Bernard-Massard Cuvée de l'Ecusson), white wine, red wine, beer, cognac, whiskey, vodka, cream liquor and soft drinks.
Iberia-operated MAD and BCN flights have Iberia service with starter, hot meal and proper dessert. On these flights, a different set of beverages is served (IB selection).
Destinations with sandwich:
ARN
Destinations with hot meal only (no starter) and something sweet:
AMS BER BGO BLL BLQ BRU BUD CPH DBV DUS FRA GOT HAM KRK MUC NAP NCE OSL PRG SPU TOS TRD VCE VIE VNO WAW ZAG
Destinations with starter, hot meal and something sweet:
AGP ALC CDG DUB EDI FCO GVA KEF LHR LIN LIS MAN MXP OPO TLV
SPML - Special meals, examples and links (incomplete list)
SFML - Seafood meal, eg Salmon lasagna, Smoked salmon. Discontinued as of 23-09-27
VLML - Lacto-ovo vegetarian meal. Example 2
RVML - Raw Vegetarian meal. Discontinued as of 23-09-27
VGML - Vegetarian / Vegan
FPML - Fruit platter meal
Beverages include sparkling wine (Bernard-Massard Cuvée de l'Ecusson), white wine, red wine, beer, cognac, whiskey, vodka, cream liquor and soft drinks.
Iberia-operated MAD and BCN flights have Iberia service with starter, hot meal and proper dessert. On these flights, a different set of beverages is served (IB selection).
Destinations with sandwich:
ARN
Destinations with hot meal only (no starter) and something sweet:
AMS BER BGO BLL BLQ BRU BUD CPH DBV DUS FRA GOT HAM KRK MUC NAP NCE OSL PRG SPU TOS TRD VCE VIE VNO WAW ZAG
Destinations with starter, hot meal and something sweet:
AGP ALC CDG DUB EDI FCO GVA KEF LHR LIN LIS MAN MXP OPO TLV
SPML - Special meals, examples and links (incomplete list)
SFML - Seafood meal, eg Salmon lasagna, Smoked salmon. Discontinued as of 23-09-27
VLML - Lacto-ovo vegetarian meal. Example 2
RVML - Raw Vegetarian meal. Discontinued as of 23-09-27
VGML - Vegetarian / Vegan
FPML - Fruit platter meal
Finnair Shorthaul Business Class Food
Apr 18, 2023, 3:39 am
#2026
Moderator, Finnair
Join Date: May 2011
Location: MMX (CPH)
Programs: Eurobonus Diamond, QR Gold, AY+ Platinum, A3*G, Nordic Choice Lifetime Platinum, SJ Prio Black
Posts: 14,178
Maybe they just classified the sandwich as a main 
We'll, probably not as CPH-HEL says sandwich...
We'll, probably not as CPH-HEL says sandwich...
Apr 18, 2023, 3:52 am
#2027
Moderator, Finnair
Join Date: May 2011
Location: MMX (CPH)
Programs: Eurobonus Diamond, QR Gold, AY+ Platinum, A3*G, Nordic Choice Lifetime Platinum, SJ Prio Black
Posts: 14,178
If this is correct, it would seem that they extended moniker "short flight" to cover flights below ~2 hours, making intra-nordics go from sallad to sandwich.
Funny the press release only talked about some salad routes getting warm meal and not the downgrades...
Funny the press release only talked about some salad routes getting warm meal and not the downgrades...
Apr 18, 2023, 5:39 am
#2028
Join Date: Oct 2011
Location: HEL
Programs: AYPlat, BASilver, SQG
Posts: 456
So saying "main meal" doesn't really tell us very much..... and indeed interesting to see what's on the SH tray...., I guess it will look even more empty, and what do they mean by "something sweet".
The new summer menus for longhauls haven't been updated even they are supposed to start tomorrow.
Apr 18, 2023, 7:37 am
#2029
Join Date: Mar 2015
Location: HEL
Programs: AY+ Plat and several other cards
Posts: 645
Perhaps a main sandwhich or do they even know themselves what they are going to serve onboard? 
Apr 18, 2023, 7:46 am
#2030
Join Date: Feb 2022
Location: Athens, Roscoff, Helsinki, Kerry or Tromso
Posts: 455
I can see the following for HEL-LHR on Friday of this week:
Confirmed for this flight
Confirmed for this flight
- Fish and shellfish meal (Business Class) (SFML)
- One meal service: A set main course
- Alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages throughout the flight
Apr 18, 2023, 2:42 pm
#2031
Moderator, Finnair
Join Date: May 2011
Location: MMX (CPH)
Programs: Eurobonus Diamond, QR Gold, AY+ Platinum, A3*G, Nordic Choice Lifetime Platinum, SJ Prio Black
Posts: 14,178
It is only swedish speaking people who will get a sustainable sandwich!
Apr 18, 2023, 3:43 pm
#2032
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: HEL
Programs: AY Platinum, TK Elite, BT VIP, AA, BA, SK, DL, NT, WB + hotels
Posts: 8,754
I am flying AGP-HEL. Got an op-up, which is very rare for me. The plane is completely full, moved from 10D to 1C. My plan of smoothie and cheeseplate turned into what was actually a good meal: crayfish terrine (tasty!), butter chicken (very tasty, restaurant quality even) and Marabou chocolate wafer (meh).
Actually, the upgrade became sort of needless, as they offloaded 2 pax at AGP before departure (and we are now 80 mins delayed and if I understood it right, the crew sort of timed out, too, but all agreed to fly home tonight; kudos to them!).
AGP-HEL J dinner
Actually, the upgrade became sort of needless, as they offloaded 2 pax at AGP before departure (and we are now 80 mins delayed and if I understood it right, the crew sort of timed out, too, but all agreed to fly home tonight; kudos to them!).
AGP-HEL J dinner
Last edited by ffay005; Apr 19, 2023 at 3:17 am Reason: photo added
Apr 19, 2023, 1:01 am
#2033
Join Date: May 2013
Location: HEL
Programs: AY Plat (OWE), SK EBG (*A Gold), KQ Plat (STE+), Accor Plat
Posts: 3,157
The website now mentions "On flights to/from Stockholm Arlanda, we offer you a sandwich with a selection of beverages. On all other European flights, we serve a hot main meal, something sweet and beverages.".
Updated wiki to reflect the change.
Updated wiki to reflect the change.
Apr 19, 2023, 10:28 pm
#2034
Join Date: Jun 2014
Programs: Executive Club: Gold - Flying Blue: Gold
Posts: 1,382
Apr 20, 2023, 2:18 pm
#2039
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Switzerland
Programs: AY+ Platinum, SK Gold, BAEC Silver, airbaltic VIP, Radisson VIP
Posts: 6,531
I‘ve seen a meal picture on FB from HEL-VIE and HEL-HAM. It‘s a warm main course but no starter, and „something sweet“ is a prepackaged muffin of sorts.
Apr 20, 2023, 3:21 pm
#2040
Join Date: Aug 2003
Posts: 1,603
Hamburg I can understand, but not Vienna. I think there was no appetizer on <2 h flights before the last enhancement. But nothing on longer flights is not good. Well, we have not seen any report from >3 h flights.
Anyhow, the breakfast looks nice and even the cold cuts seem to be a bigger portion than before (I’m not 100 % sure as I usually order VLML/SFML/AVML/VGML)
Anyhow, the breakfast looks nice and even the cold cuts seem to be a bigger portion than before (I’m not 100 % sure as I usually order VLML/SFML/AVML/VGML)